Vegetable parer and cutter.



HAWKS. v} VEGETABLE PAREB. AND CUTTER;

APPLICATION FILED .TULYil, 190B.

911,239." i Patented Feb. 2,1909.

INVENTOI? VMOSESL. nawksor NEWYORK, N. Y.

' .VEGETABLE PARER ANDOUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Application filed iui ifieos. SerialNo. inses.

New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vegetable Parers and Cutters, of. which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to vegetable parers and cutters, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class designed particularly for use in paring and cut-- ting or slicing potatoes, apples and similar vegetables; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fullydisclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the device involving my invention, Fig. 2 a transverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing an adjustable slide forrning part of the construction shown. in Fig. 2 detached, and; Fig. 4 a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

V In the drawing forming part of this speci fication, I have showna device of the class specified of well known general form in construction, and this device comprises a tubular handle member a, one end of which is cut 0d at a taper as'shown at a and pointed at a and the back part of the tapered portion is provided with a longitudinal slot a one side of which is set out to form a cutting blade or edge a member a is also provided at the opposite end thereof with side projections a having parall l keepers a in which aresecured 'parallel rods (1 on which is mounted a slide plate all of this construction beingof the usual form. The tubular handle construction, and connections with the parallel'rods a The slide plate I) is provided with a backwardly directed extension b in which is an aperture 6 said extension and said aperture forming a handle for the manipulation of the said plate and said slide plate I) is also provided at its opposite sides with deep parallel slots b forming a central spring tongue (1 and two side spring tongues 0Z The central spring tongues d are provided with keepers d and the side spring tongues d with keepers d and the side rods a pass through the keepers d and d as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The keepers d and tongues d are not in the same plane as the keepers d and tongues 01 as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and thesaid tongues being of spring material they press on the opposite sides of the rods (1 as clearly indicated in Fig. 4, and the keepers d are provided in one side thereof with inwardly directed teeth 65* adapted to engage corresponding recesses 61 in the rods a and by means of this construction the slide plate I) may be adjusted on the rods a as will be readily understood so as to increase or decrease the width of the space 6 between the plates 0 and b, The keepers d and d may be easily moved on said rods, the binding action ofsaid keepers on said rods being ef. fected by the spring action of the tongues 01 and d and the fact that said tongues are in different planes.

The useof this device will be the same as others of its class, the pointct of the handle a being used for coring potatoes and apples and other. fruit or vegetables and for taking out specks therein, while the edge a is used for paring or peeling such fruit or vegetables, and the cutting edge of the blade or plate 0 at 0 being used for slicing or dividing such fruit or vegetables, the thickness of the slices or divisions so formed depending on the position of the plate I) with reference to the cutting edge 0 of the plate or blade 0.

Having fully described my invention,

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a handle member provided at one end with parallel rods connected at their ends by a transverse blade having a cutting edge, and aslide plate mounted on said rods and adjustable toward and from the first named plate, said slide plate being provided at its opposite side with projecting spring tongues having keepers through which said rods pass, said keepers being longer than said rods, and the separate keepers at the opposite sides of said slide plate being in different planes When detached from said rods so as to provide a spring pressure of said keepers on said rods.

2. A device of the class described comprising a handle member provided at one end with parallel rods connected at their ends by a transverse blade having a cutting edge, and a slide plate mounted on said rods and adjustable toward and from the first named plate, said slide plate being provided at its opposite side with projecting spring tongues having keepers through which said rods pass, said keepers being larger than said rods, and the separate keepers at the opposite sides of said slide plate being in diil'erent planes when detached from said rods, one of said keepers at each side being provided with an inwardly directed tooth, and said rods being provided with notches or recesses in connection with which said teeth operate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 30th day of June 1908.

MOSES L. HAWKS.

Witnesses A. R. APPLEMAN, C. E. MULREANY. 

